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Examiner Tongoc Tran

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 99 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
71%vs 67% art-unit average+4 pts

Examiner Tongoc Tran has allowed 70 of 99 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed70abandoned29pending0· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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Examiner Tongoc Tran maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning 1 art unit. Across dozens of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 71%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all applications with final dispositions (allowed or abandoned). The allowance rate is calculated from decided applications only; pending applications are excluded from this calculation.

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This pooled record aggregates data across the examiner's art units and reflects historical allowance patterns. The aggregate allowance rate describes the examiner's past record and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Pooled figures mask variation across individual art units; applicants reviewing this examiner's record may consult per-art-unit statistics for more granular analysis of the examiner's work within a particular classification.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2134
99 APPS · 71% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines network security, and computer and data security.

71% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION70 / 29 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION39.8 moart unit avg 35.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY56.1 moart unit avg 50.7 mo
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW61%+39 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 24 decided applications with an interview and 75 without.

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  • What is Examiner Tongoc Tran's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 71% across dozens of decided applications, pooled across all art units.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner's public record covers 1 art unit within TC 2100.
  • Does this allowance rate apply to my application?
    No. This pooled rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Outcomes depend on claim scope, prior art, and other case-specific factors.
  • What does 'dozens of decided applications' mean?
    The phrase indicates the examiner has decided dozens of applications (allowed or abandoned). Pending applications are not included in this count.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Tongoc Tran has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 14, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 99 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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